An evidence-based approach to health and safety management in megaprojects

Abstract

With regard to the technical challenge on health and safety in megaprojects, this article puts forward a new evidence-based health and safety analysis (EHSA) approach in megaprojects. The purpose of the article is to initiate a conceptual EHSA framework to support evidence-based learning in practice-oriented research into large-scale complex health and safety management in megaprojects. The EHSA approach aims to find an innovative way to facilitate the collection of data and information from accumulated professional knowledge about accidents and failures as well as good practices and innovations, to derive useful lessons to inform improved practice in health and safety management in megaprojects. Through a scenario-based case study, this article will demonstrate how EHSA approach can effectively support health and safety management in megaprojects. It is expected that this article can make a good contribution to the body of knowledge by providing the new EHSA approach and a practice-oriented experimental case study on the use of EHSA approach for health and safety management in construction projects so as to inform future practice and research at strategic and tactic level.